PEOCEEDINGS 

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BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 


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STATE   OF   ARKANSAS. 


SESSION    OF  JANUARY,  1874 
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LITTLE    HOCK,   ARK.: 

LITTLK    ROCK     }>RI.NTIN<;     AND    PUBLISHING    COMPANY. 

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PEOCEEDINGS 


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BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 


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STATE   OF  ARKANSAS. 


SESSION    OF  JANUARY;  1874. 


LITTLE   ROCK,    ARK.: 

LTTTLTT  ROCK    PRINTING    AND    PUBLISHING    COMPANY. 

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OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS. 


HON.  J.  C.  CORBIN LITTLE  Ro<  K,  AKK. 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  President  of  the  Board. 

HON.  M.  A.  COHN LITTLE  ROCK,  AUK. 

Secretary  of  the  Board. 

HON.  JOHN  E.  BENNETT HKI.KNA.  AKK. 

HON.  P.  H.  YOUNG LITTLK   HOCK.  AKK. 

Hox.  A.  S.  PUATHER HVNTSMLLK,  AKK. 

MA.I.  II.  C.  C.   BOTEFUHR PAYKTTKVILLK.  AKK. 

I)K.  R.  F.  NAYLOR DAKDANKI.LK,  AKK. 

HON.  A.  AY.    BISHOP FAYKTTKVILLK,  AKK. 

HON.  E.  J.  SEARLE AKKADKLI-HIA,  AKK. 

HON.   11.   A.    MILLEN CAMDKN,   AKK. 

HON.  JOHN  M.  CLAYTON OAKVIM.B,  AKK. 


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TO  THOSE  WHO  DESIRE  GOOD  SCHOOL  LAWS. 


NOTICE. 

The  undersigned  were  appointed  a  committee  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  at  its  recent  session  in  this  city,  for  the 
purpose  of  revising  our  present  school  laws,  and  to  prepare 
them  for  the  consideration  of  our  next  Legislature. 

It  is  the  earnest  desire  of  said  committee  to  prepare  such  a 
law  as  will,  in  every  feature,  if  possible,  meet  the  require- 
ments and  approbation  of  our  citizens ;  and  to  this  end  they 
respectfully  ask  the  co-operation  of  all  who  can,  or  have  the 
inclination  so  to  do,  to  correspond  freely  with  either  of  the 
undersigned,  in  relation  to  suggestions  or  amendments  to,  or 
additions  or  erasures  from  our  present  school  laws,  including, 
if  possible,  the  reasons  for  such  suggestions,  etc. 

[Signed]  J.  C.  CORBIE,  Little  Eock; 

M.  A.  COHN,  Little  Rock; 
A.  W.  BISHOP,  Fayetteville, 

Committee. 


PROCEEDINGS 


OF   THE 


STATE  BOAPiD  OF  EDUCATION, 


LITTLE  ROCK,  January"  12.  1874. 

The  State  Board  of  Education  met  this  day,  at  3  o'clock 
P.M.,  at  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
strtiction. 

There  were  present  Hon.  J.  C.  Corbin,  President  of  the- 
Board,  and  Messrs.  Bennett,  Young,  Searle,  Millen  and 
Cohn. 

Absent — Messrs.  Prather,  Botefuhr,  Baylor,  Bishop  and 
Clayton. 

Xo  quorum  being  in  attendance, 

On  motion  of  Judge  John  E.  Bennett,  the  Board  adjourned 
till  3  o'clock  P.M.  on  to-morrow. 


LITTLE  ROCK,  January  13,  1874. 

The  State  Board  of  Education  met  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment, and, 

As  on  yesterday,  no  quorum  appearing, 

On  motion,  the  Board  adjourned  till  3  o'clock  P.M.  on  to- 
morrow. 


STATE    BOARD   OF   EDUCATION. 


LITTLE  ROCK,  January  14,  1874. 

The  State  Board  of  Education  met  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment. 

Present  —  Hen.  J.  C.  Corbin,  President  of  the  Board,  and 
Messrs.  John  E.  Bennett,  M.  A.  Colin,  P.  II.  Young,  A.  S. 
Prather,  A.  W.  Bishop,  E.  J.  Searle,  II.  A.  Milieu  and  John 
M.  Clayton. 

Absent  —  Messrs.  H.  C.  C.  Botefuhr  and  R.  F.  Xaylor. 

A  quorum  being  present, 

On  motion  of  Gen.  A.  W.  Bishop,  the  Board  proceeded  to 
the  election  of  a  Secretary. 

Mr.  M.  A.  Cohn  being  nominated,  and  no  further  nomina- 
tions being  made,  said  Mr.  Cohn  was  chosen  Secretary  of  the 
Board,  .by  acclamation,  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  minutes  of  the  previous  meetings  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Cohn,  the  President  of  the  Board  was 
requested  to  appoint  the  following  standing  committees  for 
the  ensuing  year,  consisting  of  three  members  each,  viz.: 

Committee  on  Ways  and  Means. 

Committee  on  Text-Books,  Blanks  and  Forms. 

Committee  on  Construction  of  School  Laws  and  Rules  and 
Regulations. 

In  compliance  with  the  above  request,  the  President  ap- 
pointed the  following  members  to  serve  on  said  committees, 
to-wit  : 

Ways  and  Means  —  Messrs.  Milieu,  Young  and  Prather. 

Text-Books,  etc.  —  Messrs.  Bennett,  Clayton  and  Cohn. 

Construction  of  School  Law  —  Messrs.  Searle,  Bennett  and 
Bishop.  , 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Clayton,  section  58  of  the  school  law  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Construction  of  School  Law  for 
their  opinion. 

Mr.  Bennett  moved  that  a  committee,  of  which  the  Presi- 
dent of  this  Board  be  chairman,  be  appointed,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  procuring  all  the  necessary  information,  from  our' 


STATE    BOARD   OF   EDUCATION. 


own  and  other  states,  in  relation  to  school  laws,  and  to  per- 
fect such  a  school  law,  for  the  government  of  our  common 
schools,  as  in  their  judgment  is  required,  for  the  considera- 
tion of  our  next  Legislature,  and  to  report  their  labors  in  full 
at  the  next  meeting  of  this  Board  after  the  adjournment  of 
the  present  session. 

Said  motion  was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Board,  and 
Messrs.  Cohn  and  Bishop  were  appointed  the  other  members 
of  said  committee. 

On  motion,  the  Committee  on  Text-Books  were  requested 
to  report  their  recommendations  in  the  matter  of  text-books 
as  early  as  possible. 

Mr.  Clayton  offered  the  following,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  Board,  to-  wit  : 

Resolved,  by  the.  Slate  Board  of  Education  of  the  State  of  Arkansas,  That  the 
seal  heretofore  used  in  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  adopted  as  the  seal  for  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Mr.  Searle  offered  the  following,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  Board,  to-wit: 


,  That  the  committee  on  amending  the  school  law  of  this  state  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  required  to  prepare  a  memorial  for  this  Board  to  Con- 
gress. for  endowments  to  national  colleges  and  free  common  schools;  and  for 
this  purpose  they  will  confer  with  a  similar  committee  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  Arkansas  Industrial  University. 

The  Board  adjourned  till  3  o'clock  P.M.  on  to-morrow. 


LITTLE  HOCK,  January  .15,  1874. 

The  State  Board  of  Education  met  pursuant  to  adjourn 
rnent. 


10  STATE    BOARD   OF   EDUCATION. 

Present — Hon.  J.  C.  Cofbin,  President;  Messrs.  Bennett, 
Colin,  Young,  Prather,  Searle,  Bishop  and  Clayton. 

Absent — Messrs.  Botefuhr,  Xaylor  and  Milieu. 

The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

Mr.  Milieu  appeared  and  was  recorded  as  being  present. 

The  Committee  on  Text-Books,  etc.,  reported  as  follows,, 
to-wit : 

To  the  Board  of  Education: 

We,  your  Committee  on  Text-Books,  would  respectfully  report  the  following 
list  of  standard  text-books  for  the  schools  of  this  state,  viz.: 

1.  A.  S.  BARNES  &  Co.'s  INDEPENDENT  READERS  and  SPELLERS. 

2.  BROWN'S  FIRST  LINES  OF  ENGLISH  GRAMMAR  and  INSTITUTES,  or  SWIN- 
TON'S  LANGUAGE  LESSONS. 

3.  QUACKENBOSS'  ARITHMETICS. 

4.  BARNES'  or  SCOTT'S  HISTORIES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

5.  GUYOT'S  Series  of  GEOGRAPHIES. 

6.  GUYOT'S  or  CORNELL'S  PHYSICAL  GEOGRAPHIES. 

We  would  also  earnestly  recommed,  for  schools  of  the  proper  grade,  the  fol- 
lowing list  of  text-books,  viz.: 

1.  KOSCOE'S  ELEMENTARY  CHEMISTRY. 

2.  Miss  YOUMAN'S  FIRST  BOOK  IN  BOTANY. 

3.  KREUSE'S  MANUAL  OF  INVENTIVE  DRAWING. 

4.  LAMBERT'S  Series  of  PHYSIOLOGIES. 

5.  GANOT'S  PHYSICS. 

6.  GOOLD  BROWN'S  GRAMMAR  OF  ENGLISH  GRAMMARS. 

Also,  for  the  use  of  common  schools,  WILLIAMS  &  SOUTHERLAND'S  Series  ol 
PATENT  COPY- BOOKS,  in  graded  numbers  from  one  to  seven. 

(Signed)  JOHN  E.  BENNETT, 

JOHN  M.  CLAYTON, 
M.  A.  COHN, 

Committee  on  Text-Books. 

The  ahove  report  and  all  recommendations  were  unani- 
mously approved  by  the  Board. 

Mr.  Cohn  presented  the  following,  to-wit : 

I  move  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed,  of  which  the  President  is  to* 
act  as  chairman,  for  the  purpose  of  acting  as  representatives  of  this  Board  at.  the- 
next  State  Teachers'  Association  meeting  in  this  city. 


STATE   BOARD   OF   EDUCATION.  11 

Which  was  unanimously  concurred  in,  and  said  committee 
consists  of  Messrs.  Corbin,  Searle  and  Colin. 

By  Judge  E.  J.  Searle,  from  Committee  on  Construction  of 
School  Laws,  was  presented  the  following*,  to-wit: 

We  respectfully  submit  the  following  report  as  our  opinion  in  the  construc- 
tion of  section  58  of  the  school  laws: 

It  is  provided  in  said  section  "that  the  school  trustees  of  the  several  counties 
in  this  state  shall  meet  in  convention,  at  the  seat  of  justice,  etc.,  for  the  purpose 
of  selecting,  by  a  majority  rote,  a  suitable  person  as  county  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,7'  etc. 

Are  school  directors  elected  and  performing  duties  under  the  act  approved 
February  4,  1869,  entitled  "An  act  for  the  better  regulation  of  public  schools  in 
cities  and  towns,"  entitled  to  the  right  of  being  members  of  said  convention,  and 
of  participating  as  such  in  the  transaction  of  the  business  as  provided  in  said 
section  ? 

We  are  clearly  of  opinion  that  they  are.  They  are  clothed  substantially  with 
the  same  powers  and  rights  that  belong  to  trustees,  and  substantially  the  same 
duties  are  required  of  them.  In  character  they  are  nothing  more  nor  less  than 
trustees,  though  called  directors  in  the  act  providing  for  their  election,  etc. 

This  section  should  be  liberally  construed  in  this  matter;  and  so  construed,  it 
must  be  taken  to  include  district  school  officers,  whether  called  trustees  or  di- 
rectors. 

More  clearly  will  this  appear  when  we  remember  that  the  county  school 
superintendents  have  supervision  of  all  the  schools  of  their  counties  respect- 
ively, whether  they  be  officered  by  school  trustees  or  directors.  This  being  the 
case,  the  directors  have  a  right  to  a  voice  in  their  election  to  the  extent  of  their 
number. 

(Signed)  E.  J.  SEARLE, 

A.  W.  BISHOP, 
JOHN  E,  BENNETT. 

Said  report  was  unanimously  concurred  in  by  the  Board. 

On  motion,  section  16  of  school  laws  was  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Construction  of  School  Law. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Cohn,  the  several  counties  of  the  state 
were  called  in  their  alphabetical  order,  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  them  separately,  from  reports  of  the  officers 
thereof,  as  transmitted  to  the  President  of  the  Board,  and 
the  following  status  of  reports  was  ascertained,  to-wit : 


STATE    BOARD    OF    EDUCATION. 


[NoTK. — As  the  substance  of  said  reports  will  be  embodied  in  that  of  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  this  one  is  confined  to  the  character 
of  the  reports  only.] 


COUNTY. 


CHARACTER  OF 
REPORT. 


Arkansas Part  ial . 

Ashley Fair. 

Baxter Partial . 

Bradley  None. 

Benton None. 

Boone None. 

Carroll Partial. 

Clayton  None. 

Crawford *Very  fair. 

Calhoun -Very  fair. 

Columbia -Very  fair. 

Chieot :;-Very  fair. 

Chirk None. 

Crktenden *Good. 

Cross Non  e. 

Con  way * Fai  r. 

Craighead  r." #Fair. 

Dallas..... ®Fair. 

Drew *Fair. 

Desha *Fair. 

J  )o  r  s  e  y *  F  a  i  r . 

Fulton  None. 

Faul  kn  er Non  e. 

Franklin None. 

G  ran  t Non  e. 

Greene None. 

Garland None. 

Hempstead None. 

Hot  Spring Partial. 

Reward  None. 

Izard None. 

Independence . : *Fa  ir. 

Jackson  *Fair. 

Johnson -sFai  r. 

Jefferson  #Fair. 

Lawrence None. 

Lafa  vette None. 


COUNTY. 


CHARACTER  OK 
REPORT. 


Lee None. 

Lonoke None. 

Little  River Partial. 

Lincoln  Partial. 

Madison Partial. 

Marion Partial. 

Mississippi Partial. 

Montgomery None. 

Monroe None. 

Nevada Partial. 

Newton  .- *Fair. 

Ouachita Partial. 

Poinsett Partial. 

Pope None. 

|  Phillips *Fair. 

i  Prairie None. 

i  Pulaski *Fair. 

Perry *Fair. 

Polk None. 

Pike None. 

Ra  n  dol  ph Partial . 

Sharpe Partia  1 . 

Searcy Partial. 

St.  Francis Partial. 

Saline Partial. 

Scott Partial. 

Sebastian None. 

Sevier Partial. 

Sarber Partial. 

Stone Partial. 

Union Partial. 

Van  Buren Partial. 

Washi ngton  Partial . 

Woodruff Partial. 

White *Fair. 

Yell...  ....-Fair. 


•Clerically. 


STATE    BOARD   OF   EDUCATION. 

KECAPITULATION. 

Partial  reports 25 

Xot  reported • 2G 

Fair  reported  (clerically) • 17 

Very  fair  and  good  (clerically) 5 

Total ?3 

The  Board  adjourned  till  3  o'clock  P.M.  on  to-morrow. 


LITTLE  ROCK,  January  16,  1874 

The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Present — 

Hon.  J.  C.  Corbin,  President ; 

Messrs.  Bennett,  Cohn,  Young,  Prather,  Bishop,  Searle, 
Millen  and  Clayton. 

Absent — 

Messrs.  Botefuhr  and  Baylor. 

The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

The  following  report,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Con- 
struction of  the  School  Law,  through  Judge  Searle,  was  then 
presented,  to-wit : 

Your  committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  question  as  to  whether  the  county 
school  superintendent  should  participate  in  the  business  and  proceedings  of  the 
Convention  of  Trustees,  spoken  of  in  section  58  of  the  school  law,  and  also  as  to 
what  place  such  convention,  etc.,  should  meet,  and  also  the  construction  of  sec- 
tion 16,  beg  leave  to  make  the  following  report: 

In  the  absence  of  any  positive  provision  of  law  making  it  their  duty  or  right 
so  to  do,  we  are  of  opinion  that  the  county  school  superintendents  should  not 
participate  in  any  manner  in  such  business  or  proceedings.  The  chief,  if  not 
the  only,  business  of  the  convention  is  to  elect  a  suitable  person  for  county 
superintendent  of  common  schools,  and  they  should  be  perfectly  free,  in  making 
such  selection,  from  any  influence  that  such  officer  might  have  by  virtue  of  his 
being  a  member  of  the  convention  or  participating  in  its  business,  if  permitted 
so  to  do. 


14  STATE   BOARD    OF   EDUCATION. 

.    The  convention  provided  for  in  section  58  of  the  school  law  ought,  ordinarily, 
to  convene  in  the  court-house  of  their  respective  counties. 

The  minutes  of  their  proceedings  should  be  signed  by  the  President  and  Sec- 
retary of  the  convention,  and  then  forwarded  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  for  the  State. 

As  to  the  meaning  of  section  16,  we  have  nothing  to  say.  It  is  too  plain  to 
be  misunderstood,  and  needs  no  construction. 

(Signed)  E.  J.  SEARLE, 

A.  W.  BISHOP, 
J.  E.  BENNETT. 

The  above  report  was  unanimously  approved. 
1    On  motion  of  Mr.  Prather,  the  Secretary  was  authorized  to 
have  five  hundred,  copies  of  the  proceedings  of  this  Board 
printed  in  the  usual  manner. 

Mr.  Prather  offered  the  following,  to-wit : 

Resolved,  That  the  President  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  be  authorized 
to  issue  a  circular  to  each  county  superintendent  in  the  state,  earnestly  urging 
and  recommending  that  such  several  county  superintendents  shall  hold  their 
annual  county  teachers'  institutes,  as  now  required  by  law,  and  that  a  cordial 
invitation  be  extended  to  every  county  superintendent  to  attend  the  State 
Teachers'  Association  meeting,  to  be  held  in  this  city  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
May  next. 

The  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Prather,  the  President,  Hon.  J.  C.  Cor- 
bin,  M.  A.  Cohn  and  A.  S.  Prather  were  chosen  as  delegates 
to  represent  this  State  in  the  National  Teachers'  Association 
meeting,  to  be  held  in  Detroit  in  August  next. 

The  Board  adjourned  till  3  o'clock  P.M.  on  to-morrow. 


LITTLE  ROCK,  January  17,  1874. 
The  Board  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 
Present — 
lion.  J.  C.  Corbin,  President: 


STATE    BOARD    OF   EDUCATION.  15 

Messrs.  Bennett,  Colin,  Young,  Prather,  Bishop,  Searle 
arid  Clayton. 

Absent — 

Messrs.  Botefuhr,  Nay  lor  and  Milieu. 

The  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

The  following  was  introduced  by  Mr.  Prather,  to-wit : 

Resolved  by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  That  the  President  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  and  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  be  and  he 
is  hereby  authorized  to  procure  a  suitable  number  of  teachers'  registers  for  the 
use  of  the  public  schools  of  this  state,  that  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of 
the  school  law,  and  report  his  action  to  the  next  meeting  of  this  Board. 

Adopted  unanimously. 

Mr.  Prather  next  offered  the  following,  to-wit : 

Rf wived,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Board  are  due,  and  are  hereby  tendered,  to 
Hon.  J.  C.  Corbin,  the  President  of  this  Board,  and  to  Hon.  M.  A.  Cohn,  the 
-Secretary  of  this  Board,  for  the  uniform  and  courteous  manner  in  which  they 
have  discharged  their  several  duties  during  our  present  session. 

Said  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Board. 
The  Board,  on  motion  of  Judge   John   E.    Bennett,   ad- 
journed sine  f/tc. 

(Signed)  J.  C.  COPvBIN, 

Stfiie  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction  and  President  of  Board. 
M.  A.  COHN,  Secretary  State  Board  of  Education. 


NOTICE  TO  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 


OFFICE  OF  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION,  "| 
LITTLE  HOCK,  ARK.,  January  27,  1874.      ) 

To  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS: 

Gentlemen — The  following  is  a  list  of  standard  text  books  for  schools  of  the 
State  of  Arkansas,  readopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  at  its  meeting  in 
January,  1874,  viz: 

1.  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.'s  Independent  Readers  and  Spellers. 

2.  Brown's  First  Lines  of  English  Grammar  and  Institutes,  or  Swintoirs  Lan- 
guage Lessons. 

3.  Quackenbos'  Arithmetics. 

4.  Barnes'  History  of  the  United  States,  or  Scott's. 

5.  Guyot's  Series  of  Geographies.     (Guyot's  or  Cornell's  Physical  Geography.) 
Also,  for  common  schools,  Williams  &  Sutherland's  Graded  Patent  Copy- 
books, numbering  from  one  to  seven. 

The  following  were  also  warmly  recommended  by  the  Board  for  schools  of 
the  proper  grade,  viz : 

1.  Roscoe's  Elementary  Chemistry. 

2.  Miss  Youman's  First  Book  in  Botany. 

3.  Kruse's  Manual  of  Inventive  Drawing. 

4.  Lambert's  Series  af  Physiologies. 

5.  Ganot's  Physics. 

6.  Goold  Brown's  Grammar  of  English  Grammars. 

Very  respectfully, 

J.  C.  CORBIN, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 


THE    PEABODY    FUND. 


OFFICE  OF  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION,  | 
LITTLE  KOCK,  ARK.,  January  27,  1874.      f 

The  following  are  the  rules  and  regulations  for  distributing  the  proceeds  of 
the  fund  : 

Donations  are  not  made  to  colleges,  academies,  or  any  private,  sectarian  or 
charity  schools. 

For  well  regulated  public  free  schools,  continued  about  ten  months  of  the 
year,  and  having  a  regular  attendance  of  not  less  than 

100  pupils,  averaging  85  per  cent.,  we  pay $    300 

150  pupils,  averaging  85  per  cent.,  we  pay 450 

200  pupils,  averaging  85  per  cent.,  we  pay 600 

250  pupils,  averaging  85  per  cent.,  we  pay 800 

300  pupils,  averaging  85  per  cent.,  we  pay 1,000 

In  doubtful  cases  of  attendance,  the  average  number  decides  the  question. 
The  amount  appropriated  for  larger  numbers  in  cities. cannot  be  fixed,  but  must" 
depend  on  circumstances.  The  people  are  to  pay  for  current  expenses  at  least 
twice,  and  usually  three  times,  as  much  as  they  receive  from  the  fund,  and  to 
bear  all  the  expenses  of  erecting  and  repairing  and  furnishing  school-houses. 
They  are  to  grade  their  schools,  and  provide  a  teacher  for  every  fifty  pupils.  It 
is  recommended  that  applications  for  assistance  be  made  through  the  Superin- 
tendent of  each  State,  near  the  beginning  of  the  school  year.  No  claim  for  a 
>}}•<{}•<••  of  the  fund  cnn  be  admitted  where  a  special  contract  has  not  been  pre- 
viously made. 

For  colored  schools,  two-thirds  of  the  above  named  are,  for  reasons  already 
given,  paid  at  present.  In  all  other  respects  the  regulations  are  the  same  as  for 
white  schools.  The  number  of  pupils  required  applies  to  each  class  of  schools 
separately.  This  is  neoospury,  in  order  that  the  schools  may  be  properly  graded. 

The  avowed  object  and  purpose  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Peabody 
Education  Fund  is  "  to  strengthen  the  State  system"  of  public  schools  by  ren- 
dering them  superior  to  private  schools.  The  above  rules  are  strictly  adhered 
to,  and  applicants  for  aid  must  show  conclusively  that  the  school  in  whose  be- 
half application  is,  in  all  respects,  of  the  class  described  therein.  The  under- 


IS  STATE    BOARD    OF    EDUCATION. 


signed  will  take  pleasure,  upon  such  showing  being  made,  in  making  the  neces- 
sary recommendation  to  the  agent  of  the  Peabody  Education  Fund,  but  will  not 
undertake  to  hold  a  lengthy  correspondence  with  parties  whose  applications  are 
not  in  accordance  with  the  above  requirements. 

J.  C.  COKBIN, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


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